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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1890
Page
2
Pierre sees no rain while crops await moisture and local politics praise council member Grotae Heinemann. Iversen is praised by railroad workers, and Watertown Courier-News quips whisky and democracy pair well with a Democrat’s long hold.
Local notice warns residents that moisture is imminent and urges preparation. It references a prior month’s warning about a "combination" and cautions against relying on authorities for salvation.
The former map maker and father of Peck's Bad Boy has won the Milwaukee mayoral race by a large margin. The result is seen as a boon for Bill Nye in the 1892 presidential bid, signaling political momentum.
In the southwest part of the city on Harrison Day land Tuxwell lies between 700 and 800 feet. A small flow has appeared and a larger one is expected within the next 100 feet.
Fragmentary lines claim a ranger irrigation project with 20000 dollars may be funded while senators Moody and Casey push a 250000 dollar measure. The tone suggests concern over flood impacts and fiscal decisions.
A Ho norire report alleges the editor abused Bill Springer in a legal matter. The piece questions the source’s credibility while noting the editor’s claim of capacity and authority.
The early year commercial reports suggest a possible broad improvement across all business sectors, with the northwest viewed as a standout. If trends hold, a significant shift may unfold before 1890 ends.
A trade journal notes O. Longfellow, a Machias druggist in Missouri, placed an ad in the first issue of the local paper forty one years ago and it has appeared in every issue since, highlighting enduring business promotion.
The Huron Times notes a roast aimed at Shannon by rival pages, quipping that roasting beats being half baked and that the roast appears in a separate column. The column’s tone stays light and playful despite the local jab.
A Boston paper profiles Miss Andrea Hofer a twenty year old editor who runs the McGregor News in Iowa. She handles editorials notes and reviews and even sets type herself while helpers manage correspondence and clippings. She has worked in the office since age ten and has risen through every department.
A fragment from April 2 reproduces Huron correspondence in the Pierre Capital. It hints at local figures accused of aiding the enemy and urges readers to ignore editor personal attacks as unfounded.
The city votes show a mixed race ticket with mainly democratic names, plus a few republican substitutions, and one straight republican ticket. Mayor Rice wins a sixth consecutive term amid attacks that fail to sway voters and praise for his past service.
Huron residents voted yesterday in a heated contest described by the Times as lively. The Huronite editor criticized the results and factions, while the outcome reflected sharp local divides.
Report recounts Lieut Governor Fletcher denying a Sioux City Journal interview and discusses Huron mayoral race between Maris Taylor and Rice. Voters decide city control as tensions over a capital move and local graft allegations rise amid crowd fever.
The past term at Redfield College has been highly successful as students commit to maximizing opportunities. Personal sacrifices by many attendees have driven diligent work and a strong pursuit of achievement.
Mrs. B. J. Nicholson stands as senior member of Nicholson & Co., publishers of the New Orleans Picayune, highlighting the firm’s prominence in the New Orleans press.
The urgent deficiency bill moved through a conference committee after Senate amendment adding 20000 for Dakota surveys tied to artesian irrigation experiments. House refusal to concur shifted the bill toward agricultural department direction, with Major Powell’s objections fading as the secretary of agriculture would direct the appropriation.
The article notes Pierre Press shows agitation over rough licks tied to village capital ambitions as reported by the St. Lawrence Journal.
A naturalist describes using kerosene to deter a large ant trail around two trees near his camp. The colony swarmed the oiled feather as if inspired by Meltas Curtius, dying in large numbers while new ants kept arriving, forcing him to abandon the tactic.
The piece contrasts Greek beauty in architecture with modern progress inside the patent system. It notes Greeks excel in sculpture poetry and architecture, while modern society adds scientific advances in heating lighting drainage ventilation elevators and comfort resulting from the present century’s progress.
Medical and legal societies in several European countries urge authorities to ban all public mesmeric exhibitions and to restrict hypnosis to physicians with neurotic expertise. They advocate therapeutic use only for physicians and student instruction with低 grade hypnosis deemed safe. physicians should work with a witness.
Detroit Free Press notes the storm doors open outward, but many enter with the belief they pull open. A Saturday morning incident shows a woman trying inward entry, then accepting the outward rule and returning to her carriage after mailing a letter.
A lively notion from Anne Jenness Miller on using flat roofs and terraces for roof gardens solariums and promenades. She envisions Babylonian flower gardens year round with swimming baths hammocks and couches on city rooftops transforming dull urban spaces.
The excerpt discusses good form in social life, noting that friendship matters more than wealth. It suggests not envying others’ riches and instead making the most of one’s own possessions, even when costlier meals and gifts tempt vanity.
A chief joss in the Mott Street Chinese worship house in New York has a new altar and canopy specially imported at a cost of 5000 dollars. The altar is wood but as heavy as metal in appearance and construction.
Readable notes describe Falcon Island near Namuka west of the Tonga group rising from the sea around 1867 and 1885. The Mohican visited in 1886 and Egeria in 1889 examined the island which was about 1.1 miles long and 0.9 miles wide with steaming cracks and ongoing heat near the surf.
Descriptive lines describe waters radiating from the mountain range with Sacondaga yellowish and Canada creeks clear. Brown fish, Salmon river colorless, Black and Grasse rivers dark, Oswegatchie clear, St. Regis dark, Raquette white, St. Lawrence blue. Nature.
Detroit News reports on early election practices noting time honored tricks such as bribery and manipulation of ballots. The piece discusses widespread tolerance of dubious methods in historic voting.
The fragment notes a ritual on Mediterranean islands using red dyed wool on Judas figures, and mentions Judge James Lawyer who started in the postal service at 16 and served seventy one years, allegedly swearing in every postmaster general.
A Boston Transcript item trivializes a dining disappointment. A waiter quips about the misserved meal, noting the customer asked for tripe but received a tough substitute likened to Turkish towel. The exchange hints at culinary snobbery and restaurant misfires.
Article notes a priest performing a foot washing ceremony symbolically representing the twelve apostles. It claims Judas remains the lasting name of the betrayer associated with this act, as discussed in the St. Louis Republic.
A garbled note reports a European traveler’s exclamatory remark after crossing a pier wall, prompting a call into the New York Ledger for clarification and publication. The fragment hints at a travel moment and a media inquiry.
The fragment shows Italian editors attempting a translation for Buffalo Bill. One version reads Compagnia Americana di Guglielmo Bufalo Occidentale Selvaggio, while another mocks the phrase Buffalo Savage Chalet il bata shit Witt.
The Evening Sun describes Broadway as three-part promenade from Eighth to Fortieth streets with shoppers and passersby enjoying the spectacle. Women hurry in the shopping district while men largely observe from up the street as actors and dresses appear on the street. Celebrities like Sara Jewett Pauline and Annie Russell are noted in the throng along with familiar Gotham figures.
A young man well known in the city departed for Europe after notifying his family. The train to Buffalo carried him toward an ocean voyage as rumors and questions from authorities swirled around the sudden departure and unclear plans.
Pillars and marble slabs reportedly from Pompeii’s ruins, including the porch portico stones, were removed around 1834 and are now the subject of authentication. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is pursuing acquisition of these artifacts as strongly authenticated relics.
A child questions a balky horse and driver while a mother explains the horse’s stubbornness and coaxing methods in a London Tit-Bits vignette. The boy protests poor treatment, expressing hurt at not being guided properly.
The New York Sun recalls Cornelius Vanderbilt building a Hartford summer residence costing over $100,000. Decorators lined the dining room walls with ordinary brown butcher paper, complemented by a cherry wood dado and a frescoed frieze, making the room one of the town’s handsomest.
A Indianapolis bookkeeper altered figures to appear suspect, requested a week off, and after the firm labeled him an embezzler he returned, proved his honesty, and received $5,000 for his wounded feelings.
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